IMMUNODEFICIENCY - TRAPPING THE NUDE-MOUSE GENE

Authors
RETH M
Citation
M. Reth, IMMUNODEFICIENCY - TRAPPING THE NUDE-MOUSE GENE, Current biology, 5(1), 1995, pp. 18-20
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
18 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1995)5:1<18:I-TTNG>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Hairless nude mice are immunodeficient because they lack a thymus. The nude gene has now been identified; it encodes a winged-helix transcri ption factor that is expressed specifically in skin and thymus.